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Griffintown is buzzing and creative are with numerous amounts of condo developments being built. It is bordered by Little Burgundy, Shaughnessy village, downtown Montreal as well as the Lachine Canal, which has a busy pedestrian and bike path. Griffintown is filled with contemporary are pieces scattered around the area. There are numerous amounts of restaurants where the hip, young community like to go dine with a great deal of these restaurants located on Notre-Dame street. However, with a growing population comes a lot of construction. With heavy machineries and trucks making their way through the large worksites, noise can certainly impact your relaxing afternoon if you decide to stroll through the borough. However, during the warmer months of the year, talking a walk on the Lachine Canal can be quite enjoyable with the green of the trees and the grass, the blue of the water and the sky, and the rustic grey and brown of the different metal structures found in the canal could be great backdrops for an afternoon in Montreal’s fastest growing neighbourhood. Being in close proximity to downtown Montreal, this concrete jungle has very easy access to the rest of the island as it is walking distance from the orange line.
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Imagine being a landowner or even the owner of one of the very few townhouses in Griffintown and seeing your neighbourhood grow into this concrete jungle of tall buildings. You purchase that land or that house because you were told that this community was going to grow into an area similar to NDG where there will only be buildings that go up to 3 stories, but as time passes, you realize that those 3 story buildings turned into 15 story buildings. Having to stand lonesome in a crowd of tall buildings and loud construction sites that will be home to more condominiums is not something I wish to witness.
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